Source: BroBible
Summary
A TikTok user, @theappalachianqueen, is speaking out about the environmental impact of data centers in Appalachia, drawing parallels with the region’s history of mountaintop removal for coal mining. She shares her personal experience of growing up in an area where a mountain was destroyed by coal companies, leaving behind only “cheap trees.” The user warns that data centers may bring similar environmental damage and displacement of local communities.
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The habit gets a new name.
Data centers are the new coal mines, destroying mountains and displacing communities. The promise of a few dozen jobs is not enough to justify the environmental cost. The name of the mountain may be lost, but the memory of its destruction lives on. The cycle of exploitation continues, with data centers being the latest iteration. “Cheap trees” are not a substitute for a lost way of life.
Author: Evan Null
